MANILA, Philippines – The epicenter of the Philippines’ war on drugs is shifting away from the capital as the body count continues to spiral upward, according to a new Amnesty International report on Monday that calls for the United Nations to investigate the deaths of thousands of mostly poor Filipinos at the hands of police and vigilantes.
Bulacan province, north of Manila, has become the bloodiest killing field, the trend spurred on by the transfer to the region of police commanders who had overseen abuses in the Manila region, the report said. Among them is a provincial director who oversaw police operations in Caloocan City during Delos Santos’s killing in 2017.
“They have no business interfering with us,” he said. “They are insulting the intelligence of the Filipino people. At the same time, they are insulting our sovereignty.” Amnesty also urged the ICC to expedite an investigation. “Investigations can be done even if the country does not cooperate,” said Butch Olano, the rights group’s section director.
In a statement Monday, the Philippine National Police said the criminal justice system was fully functional and any investigation by a foreign body was unnecessary.
The UN Human Rights organization? What could possibly go wrong?
they should just move to Vancouver (drug dealers) they treat them well there I hear
It's non of the UN's business.
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